Raid at Renacer Prison

The raid of Renacer Prison
Part of United States invasion of Panama
Date20 December 1989
LocationPanama Canal, about halfway across the Isthmus
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States

 Panama

Strength
80 airborne paratroopers
A team of military police
3 UH-1 helicopters
2 OH-58 scout helicopters
1 (LCM) landing craft medium
1 AH-1 Cobra		 27 PDF guards and troops
Casualties and losses
4 paratroopers wounded All killed, wounded or captured
64 hostages freed

The Raid at Renacer Prison was an attack on the El Renacer prison in Gamboa, Panama, by units of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army on December 20, 1989, during the United States invasion of Panama.[1] The raid successfully freed 64 hostages.[2][3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Inside The Invasion". Newsweek Magazine. June 24, 1990. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ↑ John Pike. "Section VI. RENACER PRISON RAID: Rehearsals".
  3. ↑ Soldiers in Panama: Stories of Operation Just Cause. Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs. 1990*. p. 6. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Steven J. Mrozek (15 June 2000). 82nd Airborne Division. Turner Publishing Company. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-56311-364-2.
  5. ↑ "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY".
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